Hand bag



Dec. 6, 1932. .1A RUDOLPH ET AL HAND BAG Filed Oct'. l0. 1951 rabove-mentioned character,

Patented Dec. 6, 1932 rarest erase JOSEPH RUDOLLH, JOSEPH ROSENZVJEG,AND DAVD ASCEKENAS, F NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAND BAGY Application led ctober i6, 1981. Serial No. 563,130.

The subject-mattei' of the present invention relates to hand bags andthe improvements are directed to novel and unique means for mounting andpositioning a poclret book or coin purse within the interior thereof sothat said pocket boolr may be concealed from view when the hand isclosed and which is readily accessible when said hand bag is opened.

As will presently appear it is proposed to provide an arrangement of theabove-inentioned character without materially altering the interior of ahand bag and positively without changing the external appearancethereof.

A salient feature of the present invention resides in the provision ofmeans in the form of a` partition, or the lilre, said partition beingsuitably and permanently secured to one of the pleated ends of a handbag and entending longitudinally of the latter to aord means forsupportinga coin purse.

An essential object of the invention resides in the production of apartition of the said partition being recessed in the upper centralportion thereof for the reception of a. coin purse as aforesaid.

Another object is to provide novel clamping members adapted to be moreor less permanently secured to one of the metal frames of a coin purseand adapted to cooperate with a portion of the above-mentioned partitionto maintain the coin purse in a nonoscillatory position.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a finished articlewhich is neat and attractive in appearance and which may beinexpensively manufactured, thus assuring its comn ercial success.

'Vith these objects in view, together with others which will appear asthe description proceeds, the invention resides in the novel formation,combination, and arrangement of parts, all as will be described morefully hereinafter, illustrated in the drawing, and particularly pointedout in the claims.

In said drawing:

Figure l is a perspective view of a hand bag in opened position andexposing our invention, the closing flap of said bag being broken away.

Fig. Q is a perspective view of one of the clamping members shown inFig. l.

Fig. 3 is a sectional detail, sliohtly enlarged, and talren on the line3-3 of Fig. l.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of our novel partition andillustrating a slightly modified form of clamping member employed atboth ends of the coin purse.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of said modilied form of clamping member.

Fig. G is a sectional detail, slightly enlarge d, and taken on the line6--6 of Fig. 4e.

Before presenting` the invention in its deailed form, it is pointed outthat quite frequently it is the practice for ladies to pro- X7 1dethemselves with a hand bag and a coin purse or pocket book, both beingindividual i tems and usually the pocket book is simply placed withinthe hand bag and treated as another article within said bag. 1When itbecomes necessary to extract coins, or the like, from said pocket bool.,this operation necessitates the placing of the hand bag on a counter ordesk and under these conditions the hand bag is either forgotten or lostand becomes the property of an unauthorized person.

As will presently appear, we propose to permanently mount a poclretbool: within a o hand bag whereby it becomes a substantial fixturethereof and whereby access to said pocket book may be had withouttemporarily 'emoving the hand bag from the hands of the owner, or losingpossession thereof.

Referring now more in detail to the accompanying drawing, wherein likecharacters of reference denote similar parts throughout the severalviews, let 5 and 6 indicate the front nd rear walls, respectively, of ahand bag, and and .8 the end walls thereof, said walls being in the formof accordion pleats wellknown in this art. llhile Figure l shows thehand bag in opened position it will be understood that the accordionpleats permit the collapse of the bag to a relatively small area so thatthe closing flap 9, (broken away in Fig. l), may be suitably afliXed tothe outer face of the front wall 5.

As shown in Fig. l, we provide a partitionthe frame members in closeposition.

' indicated at 25, (see Fig. 3).

like member 10, which extends longitudinally, centrally and verticallyof the bag, as viewed in said Fig. 1, said partition having its lateraledges suitably secured to the opposite central pleat in the ends of thebag, as shown at 11 and 12, stitching, or the like, being adopted forthis purpose. The lower edge of said partition extends to the bottom ofthe bag but is not fastened along its bottom edge. The central upperportion of said partition 10 is cut away to form a recess 13, while theedges of the material bounding the three sides of said recess are turnedback and stitched as shown at 14, thus forming sufiicient material toserve as an anchorage for certain clamping members about to bedescribed.

The coin purse, or pocket book, is designated by the numeral 15, theconstruction thereof being well-known in this art, in that we have theusual body portion, the metal frame members 16 and 17, which are usuallyU-shaped, and having their ends pivoted at 18 and 19 to permit access tosaid purse. The usual clasps 20 and 21 are provided to hold Topermanently mount said purse 15 in the recess 13, as pointed out indetail hereinbefore, and to athx the same to said partition 10, we haveprovided novel clamping means 22, (see Fig. 2), said clamping m-eansbeing formed from a suitable. piece of benidablermaterial to present achannel portion 23 and a lateral portion 211, the latter being suitablyatlixed to the frame member 16, as by soldering, as lVhen said clampingmeans 22 have been suitably atlixed to the ends of the frame member 1G,the channel portion 23 is slipped over the top edge of the partitionadjacent both sides of the recess 13 and the portions are then pressedto irmly and rigidly engage said edges. The purse is now in the positionindicated in F ig. 1 with the bottom ot the purse slightly below thebottom of said recess 13, but in a substantially erect position and thisposition is maintained when the clasps 20-21 are manipulated to swingdown the trame member 17 to open said purse. Thus, there is no oscilla.-tion or pivotal movement of the purse as a wholeJ when the hand bag isopened or closed, or when the purse itself is opened for use.

The purse 25 shown in Fig. l is similar to purse 15, just described, thesaid purse 25 includes the frame members 1G and 17, also pivoted at 18and 19, and the partition 10 is provided with a recess 18, and hence thesame numerals appearing in Fig. 1 have been applfed to the similar partsshown in Fig. et.

In the present instance the clamping member 2G, (see Fig. 5), is achannel-formation throughout and said member is bent to proboth. Saidchannel-like legs 27 and 28 are then fitted over the corners of thepartiti on 10 at both sides of the recess 13 and after being pressedagainst the material firmly anchor said purse 25 in the position shown.Said clamping member 26 is thus very neat in appearance and admirablyperforms its function.

From the foregoing it will be seen that we have provided means whereby apurse may be associated with a hand bag without materially altering theconstruction of the latter and which precludes the danger of losing ormislaying said purse or bag.

lVhile the present is a disclosure of the preferred embodiments of theinvention, it is to be understood that the invention is not limitedthereto, as various changes in the minor details of construction,proportion and arrangement ot parts be resorted to without departingfrom the spirit of the invention as v defined in the appended claims.

`We claim:

1. The combination with a hand bag having side walls and a purseincluding pivoted frame members, ot a. partition secured to thesidewalls of the bag, said partition having its central upper portioncut away to present a recess and a clamping member aiiiXed to the endsof one of said frame members and having a channel portion clamped to theupper edges or" the partition adjacent said recess to non-rotatablymount said purse in said recess.

2. The combination with a hand bag haV- ing side walls and a purseincluding pivoted frame members, oi a. partition secured to thesidewalls of the bag, said partition having its central upper portioncutaway to present a recess and means for non-rotatably atiXing one ofthe trame members to said partition, said means including a clampingmember affixed to the ends of one of said frame members and having achannel portion clamped to the partition at its opposite edges in therecess and the upper edges of said partition adjacent said recess.

3. In a hand bag, a partition having a recess, a. pocket book includingpivoted frame members mounted in said recess, one of said frame membersbeing non-rotatably atliXed to said partition.

4. In a hand bag, a partition having a recess, a pocket book havingpivoted U-shaped tures.

JOSEPH RUDOLPH. JOSEPH ROSENZVVEIG. DAVID ASOHKENAS.

